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As Star readers know, the world is still mourning the tragic death of the "Purple Rain" legend. He was found unconscious at his Minnesota estate on April 21, just six months after reportedly having been diagnosed with AIDS.

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In a heart-wrenching letter to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,the star's close friend Neal Karlenshared his feelings about the death of his friend.

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"I just pray Prince wasn’t cognizant, even for a mite of a moment, that he was dying alone in a nondescript elevator, in a Wonder Bread suburb of the city that was one day too late in telling him we loved him as much as he loved Minneapolis," Neal's statement read.

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"Because there’s one thing I’m positive I know about Prince. After knowing him in forever alternating cycles of greater, lesser and sometimes not-at-all friendship over the last 31 years: His biggest and perhaps only fear was dying alone," he wrote.

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"You never woke me. Well, actually you did a couple times, but I was always happy to hear from you," he reminisced. "Even when you were so lonely and depressed you could barely speak."

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As Star readers know, the world is still mourning the tragic death of the "Purple Rain" legend. He was found unconscious at his Minnesota estate on April 21, just six months after reportedly having been diagnosed with AIDS.

Photo credit: Getty Images

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In a heart-wrenching letter to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,the star's close friend Neal Karlenshared his feelings about the death of his friend.

Photo credit: Getty Images

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"I just pray Prince wasn’t cognizant, even for a mite of a moment, that he was dying alone in a nondescript elevator, in a Wonder Bread suburb of the city that was one day too late in telling him we loved him as much as he loved Minneapolis," Neal's statement read.

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"Because there’s one thing I’m positive I know about Prince. After knowing him in forever alternating cycles of greater, lesser and sometimes not-at-all friendship over the last 31 years: His biggest and perhaps only fear was dying alone," he wrote.

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"You never woke me. Well, actually you did a couple times, but I was always happy to hear from you," he reminisced. "Even when you were so lonely and depressed you could barely speak."